51.   The tribe started negotiations with the town early last year for a permit to extract sand and gravel from the ranch.

52.   They agreed that the offer was too low but said it would have been a chance for Puritan-Bennett to start negotiations with Thermo Electron.

53.   They soon will start serious negotiations with representatives of Chicagoland, which is in northern Indiana, not far from Chicago.

54.   This Sunday, Clinton is expected to invite Chile to start negotiations about joining NAFTA.

55.   Thus, Assad is insisting on an American broker as he contemplates whether to get serious and start negotiations with Israel.

56.   Two other rural telecommunications companies are expected to start negotiations with CANTV on circuit fees within weeks.

57.   While power and process moves can ensure that a negotiation gets started on the right foot, appreciative moves can break a stalemate once a negotiation is under way.

58.   Within minutes, the house was surrounded, and police evacuated other residents before starting lengthy negotiations.

59.   Yesterday, BN Bank said it would decide whether to start negotiations with Fokus Bank in the middle of April.

60.   With their earlier pledges of bipartisanship giving way to rancor, leaders of both parties were openly pessimistic Thursday about getting substantive negotiations started soon.